DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,336

MANUFACTURERS PATTERN & FOUNDRY CORPORATION
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as an adversely affected
secondary group.
An investigation was conducted in order to determine whether
the petitioning group of workers qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers as suppliers to a firm or subdivision primarily
affected by increased imports or a shift of production abroad.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
the following group eligibility requirements under Section 222(b)
must be met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or
downstream producer to a firm (or subdivision) that
employed a group of workers who received a certification
of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance
benefits and such supply or production is related to the
article that was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either-

(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied for the firm (or subdivision)
described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm;
or

(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph (2)
contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated on March 27, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a Massachusetts WIA Manager on
behalf of workers of Manufacturers Pattern & Foundry Corporation,
Springfield, Massachusetts. The workers produce aluminum & bronze
castings and wood patterns for castings.
The investigation revealed that criterion (2) has not been
met.
The petitioner alleges that job losses were due to the
subject firm losing business as a supplier to a firm that shifted
production abroad or was affected by increased imports, or due to
losing sales to customers that were importing products from a
foreign country.
The investigation revealed, however, that less than 20
percent of the subject facility's sales were to the trade-affected
firm cited by the petitioner, and the loss of business did not
contribute importantly to the workers' separation.
The investigation further revealed that the subject
facility's customers did not import products like or directly
competitive with the subject firm's products. In addition, the
subject facility did not shift production to a foreign country.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine workers of Manufacturers
Pattern & Foundry Corporation, Springfield, Massachusetts, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
section 223(b) of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 9th day of May, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance